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Permaculture Design Certificate Course Offered at Duke Farms
The Permaculture Design Certificate Course is a training utilizing Bill Mollison's Permaculture: A Designer's Manuals. The goal is to achieve a working understanding in ecologically-based planning, site design and management. This 8 day training course will be offered over two long weekends: July 8-11 and October 21-24, 2010. Co-Sponsored by NOFA-NJ & The Permaculture Project, to be held at the Duke Farms, Hillsborough, NJ and the first four days will focus more on the planning components while the second four days will include some implementation of the design at the at the Duke Farms Demonstration Garden. Upon completion of the required course work students will be issued a certificate sanctioned by the Permaculture Institute of Australia. Fees include instruction costs and lunches for all 8 days of the training course. $1,300 per person $1,200 for NOFA-NJ members -$100 reduction if registering two family/farm members -$100 reduction for registration by June 25. Register at www.nofanj.org or phone the NOFA-NJ office at 908-371-1111 extension 5.
